But the more I think about it, as a current UI student, the only thing motivating me to try hard in school, or even go to class for that matter (as sad as this is), was the possibility of a national championship this season.﻿

The Domer nation confirms that it has never been outplayed or beaten by a better team. Out-officiated? Definitely. Over-achieved? Still better on paper! Out-coached? Maybe. But they have yet to meet a superior opponent. Even when they talk about having the potential for a 1-5 start, they are baffled that they aren't playing up to the individual talent on the roster. Delusional.

I actually feel bad for Notre Dame. I don't hate them, although I haven't met any annoying fans either. In a lot of ways, they are very similar to us (huge tradition, diminishing reputation, trying to get things back together, etc.) but we've somehow had the good fortune to be able to outplay them the past couple of years. I hope they're able to win out the rest of the season -- selfishly, because that would make our win over them look better, but also because that would mean they beat USC.

Edit: I just remembered that I've seen the damefan1 videos, so I've witnessed annoying ND fans. I just don't know any personally.